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Delayed presentation of right ventricular bullet embolus
L Wales1, D P Jenkins, P L Smith
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England. l.wales@ic.ac.uk
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 23, 2001
Abstract:
Venous bullet embolism to the heart is a rare complication of penetrating gunshot trauma. There are little data regarding long-term follow-up of missiles retained in the right ventricle. We report a rare case of right ventricular bullet embolus following a left-sided thoracic gunshot wound. The patient presented with delayed onset of cardiac irritability symptoms 4 years after injury.